Friday, June 19, 2009

Friday Funny: I've Been Everywhere

Did you know that in Tennessee, you can go all around the world and never leave the state?

Yep.

You can visit landmarks of ancient civilization:
Alexandria (pop. 814)
Athens (pop. 13220)
Carthage (pop. 2251)
Macedonia (pop. 4303)
Sparta (pop. 4599)
Troy (pop. 1273)

Take the European Grand Tour:
Erin (pop. 1490)
Medina (pop. 969)
Moscow (pop. 422)
Paris (pop. 9673)

See the great American points of interest:
Alamo (pop. 2392)
Arlington (pop. 2569)
Boston (pop. 9670)
Cleveland (pop, 37192)
Philadelphia (pop. 533)
Santa Fe (pop. 3100)

And witness a few oddities along the way:
Alpha
Bell Buckle
China Grove
Wartrace
Rover
Chalklevel
Tin Cup
Ninemile
Ten Mile
Disco
Hickey
Sweet Lips
Halfway
Three Way
Stinger
Yum Yum
Forty Five
Frog Jump
Green Frog
Ducktown
Turtletown
Tranquility
Rich
Poor
Asia
Cuba
Camelot
Fly
Spot
Only
Why
Bond (James Bond)
Polecat
... and my favorite, Nameless

4 comments:

  1. Hey, you're right...we're near the Wartrace one. Which my mother-in-law loves to pronounce wart-race instead or war-trace!!!
    Oh, and there's the Parthenon in Nashville too.
    We are a versatile state. Something for everyone. Ya can't say we don't aim to please

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  3. Then there's Bucksnort, Tennessee...

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  4. I can't believe I forgot Bucksnort! Especially since I grew up right down the road from the Bucksnort exit!

    And just the other day, I happened to see Boogertown, Tennessee.

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